central va meet and greet/ fun tournament

[hookingem]

Never fished anna. Would it be impossible to fish with  jon boat and a 9.9?

I voted for the cold side of lake Anna.

It's already a 2 hour hike from my house but I think launching from the state park would supply enough room for everyone so far and should provide enough land for those who want to fish from shore.

Racer894,

This is a fun tourny no need to worry about winning or losing, It's all about getting to know people and do some fishing.

Newbie or not we all are going to learn something from this experience.

[Bigs]

I havent moved yet but its an almost new house on two acres right where orange and spotsy counties meet. Bout 35 minutes from lake anna and twenty five minutes off the central park exit

[Nitrofreak]

Never fished anna. Would it be impossible to fish with jon boat and a 9.9?

I voted for the cold side of lake Anna.

It's already a 2 hour hike from my house but I think launching from the state park would supply enough room for everyone so far and should provide enough land for those who want to fish from shore.

Racer894,

This is a fun tourny no need to worry about winning or losing, It's all about getting to know people and do some fishing.

Newbie or not we all are going to learn something from this experience.

People do it all the time even in smaller crafts.

[Brian4618]

Lake Anna will be new to be, but im down for learning a new area

[Wayne P.]

Sandy River Res. and Briery Creek Lake have shore fishing opportunities with Briery having more shore areas available.

If you want to catch a bunch and take some home to help with the fishery management, try Hunting Run Res. Not much shore opportunities but there are jon boats and electric motors for rent there.

[Tallent88]

lets set a date so everyone can plan on this i think its a great idea its more abut getting together than fishing so whats the date ? cooler months or couple weeks ? ;D

[Brian4618]

How about the August 21/22 weekend? Have we decided on a location yet?

[Ldavis]

So has a date been set or location?

[Tallent88]

21/22 sounds good !!! lets set a date !

[Tallent88]

lake anna cold side 21 22 of august sound good ?

[Tallent88]

lake anna cold side 21 22 of august sound good ?

[Brian4618]

So is everyone gonna be able to make it to Anna on that weekend? if you know yet?

[Syppy]

So is everyone gonna be able to make it to Anna on that weekend? if you know yet?

I'll set plans to make it, but I have NO idea what the "cool side" of Lake Anna is. The 21st would be best for my schedule.

[Nitrofreak]

The 21st or 22nd will work for me as well.

The cold side or public side of lake Anna is a pretty good place to be with lots of room for all especially at the state park ramp.

What time and what boat launch do you guy's prefer,There are several to choose from.

Anna marina,High point marina,Sturgeon's creek marina,Lake Anna state park.

They are all relatively close to one another.

I would suggest the state park but I will go with whatever suits you guy's.

There is not much pressure there at the state park as far as tourny's are concerned and getting out of or trying to fish around Sturgeon's will be a challenge for those who have smaller craft's if it is busy that weekend unless they stay around the marina which does yield some pretty good fishing but will be hard to find a parking spot.

Anna point and High point will be the same if they are having tourny's that weekend as well.

[Brian4618]

So how about August 21st at the state park boat launch?

[Nitrofreak]

That would be awesome but the votes are tied now between innsbrook and lake Anna and it would only be fair to have some kind of tie breaker.

Or to set two dates one at one place and one at another would that work for everyone?

I think what is being done here is an awesome idea and maybe sometime in the future we can set dates for a north/south Va. meet and greet/fun tournament too and make these like a yearly thing.

Anyone else up for that or do you think it's a stupid idea.

[VABassin'14]

That would be awesome but the votes are tied now between innsbrook and lake Anna and it would only be fair to have some kind of tie breaker.

Or to set two dates one at one place and one at another would that work for everyone?

I think what is being done here is an awesome idea and maybe sometime in the future we can set dates for a north/south Va. meet and greet/fun tournament too and make these like a yearly thing.

Anyone else up for that or do you think it's a stupid idea.

Sounds like a great idea to me.

[Aluma-Bass]

lake anna too big for most...most will be fishing from shore or in small jons boats maybe couple with actual bass boats...i say we keep it in a smaller body of water..and go some where so you wont have to deal with pleasure boaters . i think we have more nova voting for lake anna then central va  8-)

[VAfishin]

I've been catching fish at innsbrook recently.  They are very tight to the bank right now so everyone should have success there (even though boats aren't allowed)

[Sam]

Since some guys don't have boats so Innsbrook would be great.

Lots of room and we can all walk around and fish together and talk to each other.

What do you all think? 

[Sam]

Sunday may be best.

I have tournaments on August 14 and 28 plus a wedding on the 21st.

Sundays are open and usually there are no tournaments on Sundays and the office buildings are closed, too. 

[racer894]

That Sunday the 22nd would be cool at Innsbrook.

[s13john]

i could handle innsbrook. but a briery and sandy day would be reeeeellllyyyyy sweet. i know everyone wants to fish briery

[Sam]

s13John,

Yes, any place where we need a boat would be cool to fish but we have guys who don't have boats nor have ever fished out of a bass boat which would pose a big problem.

In addition, we need one boat for every two guys which magnifies the problem.

So if we meet at Innsbrook we can see who we want to take out on our boats and plan for a private tournament on a local river or lake when the lake water levels improve.

What do you think? 

[Nitrofreak]

Since some guys don't have boats so Innsbrook would be great.

Lots of room and we can all walk around and fish together and talk to each other.

What do you all think?

I like that idea a lot and it is after all a meet and greet so you have a great point Sam.

I am not sure exactly, Where is innsbrook?

I was thinking a lot about this "get together" last night and I think if we can all get together on this we can probably come up with a meet and greet plan by next year and fish some of our favorite places 2 or 3 times so everyone can have a chance to get together.

For instance May or June Innsbrook

                 June or July chick

                 July or aug  Anna

Of course these are just examples, But I think it gives all of us northern Va. guy's and girls a chance to be able to make plans ahead of time to get to one or more of these and have some fun.

I have not fished Chick yet but I have been itching to get there and Smith Mountain Lake too but I think these larger lakes need to be set up for early or late months so the boat traffic is not so bad and we can all enjoy it.